'Erchless'

'Erchless', the Howard Phipps estate designed by Adams & Prentice c. 1935 in Old Westbury. Click HERE for more on 'Erchless'.

The 'Erchless' Tea House / Pool Cabana

One of the two tea houses/pool cabanas at 'Erchless', the Howard Phipps estate designed by Adams & Prentice c. 1935 in Old Westbury. Click HERE for more on the tea houses.

'Erchless'

'Erchless', the Howard Phipps Sr. estate designed by Adams & Prentice c. 1935 in Old Westbury. Click HERE for more on 'Erchless' and HERE to see 'Erchless' in 1936.

The Tea Houses at 'Erchless'

The tea houses/pool house and koi fountain at 'Erchless', the Howard Phipps estate designed by Adams & Prentice c. 1935 in Old Westbury. Click HERE for more on 'Erchless'.

The Rear of 'Erchless'

The view off the rear terrace at 'Erchless', the Howard Phipps estate designed by Adams & Prentice c. 1935 in Old Westbury. Click HERE for more on 'Erchless'.

The Rear of 'Erchless'

The rear of 'Erchless', the Howard Phipps estate designed by Adams and Prentice c. 1935 in Old Westbury. Click HERE for more on 'Erchless'.

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The walled garden at Howard Phipps' 'Erchless' in Old Westbury.

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The rear of Howard Phipps' 'Erchless' in Old Westbury.

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The walled garden and western wing of 'Erchless', the Howard Phipps estate in Old Westbury.

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The rear of Howard Phipps' 'Erchless' in Old Westbury.

Erchless in 1936

'Erchless', the estate of Howard Phipps, built in 1935 by Adams and Prentice in Old Westbury. It is pictured here a year after it was completed in 1936.

Photos from the Library of Congress.

'Erchless'

The rear of 'Erchless', the Howard Phipps estate in Old Westbury.

'Erchless' Allee

One of two 'turf avenues' that project out from the main house at Howard Phipps' 'Erchless' in Old Westbury.

Erchless Front Gate

The front gate to Howard Phipps' 'Erchless' in Old Westbury.

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The front of Howard Phipps' 'Erchless' in Old Westbury.

The Gardens of Erchless

'Erchless'

Built for Howard Phipps, the youngest of three sons of Henry Phipps. Designed by Adams & Prentice in 1935 in Old Westbury, this house sits across the road from his big brother Jay's Westbury House (O.W. Gardens). Click HERE to see the gardens of 'Erchless'. Click HERE to see 'Erchless' on google earth.

The garden on the western side of the house. In the distance on the left are two Japanese tea houses that are in reality pool houses.

The view from the top of the rear terrace. The rear of the house overlooks a huge field with horse rings on one side. At the end of the field is a massive row of 80 foot beech trees that screen the rest of the property from the outbuildings.

The view looking back at the house from the field.

The stables, one of numerous outbuildings hidden behind the row of beech trees. There is also a pond, multiple cottages, two barns, and a greenhouse.